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WORCESTER, Mass. – Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, will give a free public lecture at the College of the Holy Cross on Monday, Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Rehm Library. The lecture, sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, is part of the Deitchman Family Lectures on Religion and Modernity.

Archbishop Marchetto will speak on the church’s understanding of Christian responsibility for migrants, refugees, and itinerant people. Massachusetts has resettled more than 10,000 refugees between 2000 and 2006. Across the Commonwealth, immigrants comprise 14 percent of the state’s population and 17 percent of its workforce. Marchetto will address the Catholic community’s important role in offering hospitality to all, both domestic or international, mobile persons.

Marchetto takes special interest in assuring that Catholic colleges and universities are a welcoming place for international students and migrants of all faiths.

During his visit, Marchetto will also speak to students in the class “Catholic Thought and Social Action.”

To learn more about this program and other Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture events, visit www.holycross.edu/crec.

About The Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture:

Established in 2001 and housed in Smith Hall, the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture provides resources for faculty and course development, sponsors conferences and college-wide teaching events, hosts visiting fellows, and coordinates a number of campus lecture series. Rooted in the College’s commitment to invite conversation about basic human questions, the Center welcomes persons of all faiths and seeks to foster dialogue that acknowledges and respects differences, providing a forum for intellectual exchange that is interreligious, interdisciplinary, intercultural, and international in scope.  The Center also brings members of the Holy Cross community into conversation with the Greater Worcester community, the academic community, and the wider world to examine the role of faith and inquiry in higher education and in the larger culture.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Daniel Bitran, associate professor of psychology at the College of the Holy Cross, will give a lecture titled “Lessons from the Shoah: Why we teach the Holocaust at Holy Cross” on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 4:30 p.m. in Rehm Library. The lecture, sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, is free and open to the public.

The lecture derives from Bitran’s participation in seminars on Holocaust education at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. In July 2008, he traveled to Israel to attend the 6th International Conference on Holocaust Education, a summit of more than 700 educators from nearly 50 nations; and the International Seminar for Educators Teaching about the Shoah (or Holocaust) and Antisemitism, an intimate and intensive 19-day workshop at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem. For three years, Holy Cross has sent faculty to study at Yad Vashem, and the College will continue its participation in 2009.

Bitran, a neuroscientist by training, set off for Yad Vashem with the intent of learning about the Shoah to test a thesis on what drives people to help others: was it a function of the nervous system, or something else? But once there, Bitran found himself overwhelmed by the experience and, like other participants, trying to understand how the Holocaust could have taken place and what can be done to prevent it from ever happening again.

“By the end of the seminar,” said Bitran, “I became convinced that teaching the Shoah should be an integral part of educating all students at Holy Cross. Its Catholic identity, mission of social justice, and educating men and women for others, make Holy Cross ideally suited to explore the issues that led to the tragedy of the Holocaust. The seminar series was life altering in many ways, and I want that impact to flow from me to others on this campus.”

The lecture is part of the Kraft-Hiatt Program for Jewish Christian Understanding, which supports campus and community-wide educational initiatives that foster understanding of Judaism and Jewish culture, and dialogue between Jews and Christians. To learn more about this program and other Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture events, visit www.holycross.edu/crec.

About The Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture:

Established in 2001 and housed in Smith Hall, the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture provides resources for faculty and course development, sponsors conferences and college-wide teaching events, hosts visiting fellows, and coordinates a number of campus lecture series. Rooted in the College’s commitment to invite conversation about basic human questions, the Center welcomes persons of all faiths and seeks to foster dialogue that acknowledges and respects differences, providing a forum for intellectual exchange that is interreligious, interdisciplinary, intercultural, and international in scope.  The Center also brings members of the Holy Cross community into conversation with the Greater Worcester community, the academic community, and the wider world to examine the role of faith and inquiry in higher education and in the larger culture.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The music department at the College of the Holy Cross will present the following musical performances on campus during January, February and March 2009. All events are free and open to the public. For additional information, please contact the music department events line at 508-793-3528.

Sun., Jan. 18; 3 p.m.
Joan Lippincott, organ
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Sun., Feb. 15; 3 p.m.
Mark Steinbach, organ
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Wed. Feb. 18; 8 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra Concert
Brooks Concert Hall

Fri., March 20; 8 p.m.
An Evening of Vocal Chamber Music
Brooks Concert Hall

Sat., March 21; 2 p.m.
David Ogulnick, cello
Brooks Concert Hall

Sun., March 22; 2 p.m.
Cassandra Chapel ’09, soprano
Brooks Concert Hall

Tues., March 24; 8 p.m.
Suzanna E. Waldbauer Memorial Concert (Presented by the Holy Cross Chamber Players)
Brooks Concert Hall

Sat., March 28; 3 p.m.
Michael Ferraguto ’09, violin
David Sheerin ‘09, piano/trombone
Brooks Concert Hall

Tues., March 31; 8 p.m.
Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert
Hogan Campus Center Ballroom

WORCESTER, Mass. – The following films will be shown at the Seelos Theater at the College of the Holy Cross. All films are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information, please call the Seelos Theatre Box Office at 508-793-2455.

Seelos Theater Film Series:

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Wed., Jan. 14: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

Happy-Go-Lucky
Fri., Jan. 16 and Sat., Jan. 17: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated R.

Persepolis
Wed., Jan. 21: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Fri., Jan. 23 and Sat., Jan. 24: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

The Duchess of Langeais
Wed., Jan. 28: Showings 3 and 8 p.m.

Body of Lies
Fri., Jan. 30 and Sat., Jan. 31: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated R.

The Band’s Visit
Wed., Feb. 4: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.

W.
Fri., Feb. 6 and Sat., Feb. 7: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

The Counterfeiters
Wed., Feb. 11: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Fri., Feb. 13 and Sat., Feb. 14: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated PG.

The Duchess
Fri., Feb. 18: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

Appaloosa
Fri., Feb. 20 and Sat., Feb. 21: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated R.

The Boy in Striped Pajamas
Wed., Feb. 25: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.

The Secret Lives of Bees
Wed., March 11: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.

Quantum of Solace
Fri., March 13 and Sat., March 14: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

Milk
Wed., March 18: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R.

Changeling
Fri., March 20 and Sat., March 21: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated R.

Doubt
Wed., March 25: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R.

Australia
Fri., March 27 and Sat., March 28: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

The Reader
Wed., April 1: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.

The Day the Earth Stood Still
Fri., April 3 and Sat., April 4: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

Frost/Nixon
Wed., April 15: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R.

Gran Torino
Fri., April 17 and Sat., April 18: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated R.

Slumdog Millionaire
Wed., April 22: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R.

Role Models
Fri., April 24 and Sat., April 25: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated R.

The Wrestler
Fri., May 1 and Sat., May 2: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated R.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents Compilation: Three Exhibitions on Books, a display of three concurrent exhibitions of book materials, from Wednesday, Jan. 28 through Tuesday, March 31.

Shelter: Unique Visions of a Universal Subject through Artist’s Books and Anik Vinay: Les mots de l’écrivains, les images de l’artiste, Collaborative Books from the Atelier des Grames, Giogondas, France will both focus on handmade artists’ books. The third part of the exhibition series, Imprint: From Walden to Graceland, 200 Years of Asian Spiritual Traditions in Western Thought, is a unique collection of books and letters belonging to Kent Bicknell, an educator and principal of the Sant Bani School in Sanbornton, N.H.

Shelter focuses attention on a universal subject and one of humanity’s most basic needs—in all its manifestations: the home, the psychology of personal space, current issues in the housing market such as homelessness, the mortgage crisis and loss of historic fabric. Forty three artists have been chosen to participate in Shelter, an exhibition of artists’ books juried by Janine Wong, faculty member in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at UMASS/Dartmouth.

Artist Veronica Morgan conceptualized the Shelter exhibition. She has worked as a housing planner and developer and says “One of my favorite books is Gaston Bachelard’s Poetics of Space. “The house shelters dreaming” is perhaps his most oft-quoted observations. How do you dream if you have no shelter? In conceiving this exhibit, I hoped to call attention to the subject of homelessness and, through the sale of book works, support a homeless charity, chosen by the director at each exhibiting venue.”  A 30 percent commission on sales from the Holy Cross exhibit will benefit Abby’s House in Worcester, an organization that is committed to providing emergency shelter to homeless women and their children and to ending the cycle of homelessness.

Shelter includes the work of Susan Schmidt, associate professor of visual arts at the College of the Holy Cross, who is co-teaching a handmade book projects course during the spring semester along with Susan E. Sweeney, associate professor of English at Holy Cross. A complete list of participating artists is available on the gallery’s website at holycross.edu/cantorartgallery.

Anik Vinay: Les mots de de l’écrivains, les images de l’artiste, is a selection of collaborative books produced from 1979 through 2008 at the Atelier des Grames, Giogondas, France.  The Atelier des Grames has been producing limited edition handmade books since 1968. Artist Anik Vinay joined the studio in 1976 and has been the principle artist for the last 10 years. She is a graduate of Ecole des Beaux Arts of Valence, France and has exhibited widely and received numerous awards throughout her career.

Vinay invites contemporary writers and poets to collaborate with her in her studio, giving their unpublished works a visual form. The text serves as inspiration for each piece and the results have been described as “theatre” for the written word. Vinay’s works incorporate a variety of techniques and methods such as engraving and typography and make use of an array of materials including handmade paper, ceramics, wood, glass, plastic and metal. François Aubral, a writer whose work is represented by several pieces in the exhibition, has said “Writers, visual artists…the important thing is the encounter between the two and the impact it has; from this something unexpected will emerge from both worlds…Art becomes a creature with several heads.”

Imprint: From Walden to Graceland, 200 Years of Asian Spiritual Traditions in Western Thought, a selection of rare books and letters from the collection of Kent Bicknell, traces the influence of Eastern philosophy on Western culture through Transcendentalist writers and thinkers such as Emerson, Thoreau, and the Alcotts to contemporary cultural figures such as Elvis Presley. Bicknell’s passion for collecting goes back as early as his high school years with Civil War artifacts, continuing through college, and on to the present with an emphasis on books that were read, pondered over, and sometimes written by this small group of 19th-century authors.

Bicknell, an educator, helped to found the Sant Bani School in Sanbornton, N.H. in 1970, and continues today as its principal. He holds degrees from Yale University, Goddard College and Boston University. He is an independent scholar whose work has been published in a variety of journals, with a main interest in the Transcendentalists. In 1995, he acquired and edited an unpublished manuscript of Louisa May Alcott that became a New York Times best seller, A Long Fatal Love Chase.

Gallery Events
A series of lectures and events will be held at Holy Cross in conjunction with the gallery exhibition.  All events are free and open to the public.

• Wednesday, Jan. 28, 5 – 6:30 p.m., Cantor Art Gallery
  Opening Reception
• Wednesday, Feb. 4, 5 – 6 p.m., Cantor Art Gallery
  Gallery Talk, Veronica Morgan, Shelter
• Thursday, Feb. 12, 5 – 6:30 p.m., Seelos Theatre
  Lecture, Kent Bicknell, Imprint: From Walden to Graceland, 200 Years of Asian Spiritual Traditions in Western Thought
• Wednesday, Feb. 18, 5 – 6 p.m., Cantor Art Gallery
  Gallery Talk, Susan Schmidt, associate professor of visual arts at the College of the Holy Cross, Shelter
• Thursday, Feb. 26, 5 – 6 p.m., Stein 129
  Artist’s Talk, Anik Vinay, Anik Vinay Les mots de de l’écrivains, les images de l’artiste

Gallery Information
Founded in 1983 through the generosity of Iris & B. Gerald Cantor, the Cantor Art Gallery serves both as a venue for a changing series of historical and contemporary public exhibitions, as well as a vital resource for Holy Cross faculty and students, linking exhibitions to the broader liberal arts curriculum.  This year marks the Gallery’s 25th anniversary.

The hours for the Cantor Art Gallery are Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00p.m., Saturdays 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Located in O’Kane Hall, 1st Floor, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA, 01610.  Admission to the gallery is free.

For additional information please call 508-793-3356 or visit the Gallery’s web site at: holycross.edu/cantorartgallery.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross senior men’s hockey player Dewey Thomson (Northbridge, Mass.) has been named one of 20 candidates for the 2008-2009 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award as college hockey’s outstanding NCAA Division I senior student-athlete for the men’s hockey division.

The award is presented annually to the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete of the Year in nine sports as it focuses on the “Four C’s” of classroom, character, community and competition. This marks the third year for the hockey division of the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. Notre Dame goaltender David Brown was the inaugural winner in 2007 and Landis Stankievech of Princeton was named the award recipient in 2008.

“Dewey has one of the best characters of any player we have ever had here,” said Holy Cross head men’s hockey coach Paul Pearl. “I don’t think he has the time to live a normal college kid’s life with all of the hard work he spends on hockey, in the class room and in helping in the community. What he brings to the team as a leader and as a good example to his teammates is invaluable. He comes from a great family and you can tell by how mature and hard working he is.”

Thomson has played in 99 career games with 13 goals and 19 assists for 32 points, including one goal and two assists this year. He had a career-best seven goals and nine assists for 16 points as a sophomore in 31 games. Thomson was also named the Crusader of the Week as a sophomore. As a freshman he scored two goals and had four assists for six points in 27 games on a team that won the Atlantic Hockey regular season and tournament championships and upset Minnesota in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. As a junior he had three goals and four assists for seven points in 33 games. He has been named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team in all three years.

From the list of 20 nominees, a national media committee will select 10 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award by early Feb. 2009. Those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot for a nationwide vote that will include coaches, media and fans. The award winner will be announced and recognized at the 2009 NCAA Frozen Four in Washington, D.C.

The Crusaders will return to action on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 2-3, when they travel to Denver, Colo., to compete in the Wells Fargo Denver Cup. On Friday, Holy Cross will meet tournament host No. 5 Denver at 9:30 p.m. (EST), while on Saturday the Crusaders will play either No. 3 Boston University or Rensselaer.

Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award 2008-2009 Men’s Hockey Nominees

• Brock Bradford, Boston College
• Andrew Carroll, Minnesota- Duluth
• Erik Condra, Notre Dame
• Shane Connelly, Wisconsin
• Matt Cook, Union
• Corey Elkins, Ohio State
• Sean Erickson, Connecticut
• Chris Hahn, Maine
• Trevor Hyatt, Alaska-Fairbanks
• Mathias Lange, Rensselaer
• Jeff Lerg, Michigan State
• Brian McCafferty, Harvard
• Zach McKelvie, Army
• Zach Miskovic, St. Lawrence
• Patrick Mullen, Denver
• Jordan Pearce, Notre Dame
• Zach Pelletier, Ohio State
• Mike Phillipich, Air Force
• Dean Strong, Vermont
• Dewey Thomson, Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – Joan Lippincott, acclaimed as one of America’s organ prodigies, will perform on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. at the College of the Holy Cross. The concert, which will be held in Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel, is free and open to the public.

Lippincott will perform music of Johann Sebastian Bach and the program will be dedicated to the late organist-musicologist Fenner Douglass, a former professor at Duke University.

Lippincott has performed in concert extensively throughout the U.S. under Karen McFarlane Artists and has toured throughout Europe and Canada. She has been a featured recitalist at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, the Spoleto USA Festival, the American Bach Society Biennial, the Dublin (Ireland) International Organ Festival and at conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, and the Music Teachers’ National Association.

She served as principal university organist at Princeton University from 1993-2000, and for many years has been professor of organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.  At Westminster, she was head of the organ department, the largest organ department in the world, well known for the outstanding quality of work by students and faculty.  She directed many European organ study tours and summer organ workshops, including the popular Organ Week for High School Students. Lippincott has served on summer faculties at the New England Conservatory of Music, University of Wisconsin, the Montreat Conference, the Evergreen Conference, and Bach Week at Columbia College.

A graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music and Westminster Choir College, where she was a student of Alexander McCurdy, she also studied at Union Theological Seminary and Princeton Theological Seminary.  She is on the Advisory Board of The American Bach Society, an honorary member of Sigma Alpha Iota, and has received the Alumni Merit Award, the Distinguished Merit Award, and an Honorary Doctorate from Westminster Choir College.

WORCESTER, Mass. – From Newsweek and The New York Times to The History Channel to the front page of the Telegram and Gazette, the College of the Holy Cross has been making headlines both locally and nationally.

Here is a glimpse of the past year:

• With a year full of speeches, debates, and elections, Jon Favreau ’03, was much sought after to talk about his role as President-elect Barack Obama’s speechwriter during the presidential campaign. Newsweek, The New York Times, WBZ-TV, the Telegram and Gazette, and The Boston Globe are among the outlets that followed this alum’s move from the election race to a White House appointment.
• While preparing for a revival production of Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s South Pacific at the Lincoln Center Theater, Tony Award-winning nominated director Bart Sher ’81, shared details of his life and work as a prominent director in American theater and international opera with the New York Times Magazine.
• Holy Cross became even more accessible to Worcester residents by offering free tuition to Worcester students whose household income is less than $50,000. The article was picked up by the Associated Press and ran in numerous outlets including The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Fox 25, WBZ-TV, and the Telegram & Gazette.
• In a feature story, USA Today talked with Meg Grogan ’08 about her experiences as a participant in one of the College’s Arrupe Immersion Program trips to Kenya.
• Holy Cross’ decision to drop the SAT and concerns for the stumbling economy kept director of admissions Ann McDermott in the spotlight. In the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed, she discussed the benefits of eliminating the standardized testing requirement. She also discussed the importance of alumni in the recruitment process with The Chronicle of Higher Education. She was featured in USA Today for a story on how the tough economy was affecting Holy Cross’ application numbers.
• Former Holy Cross and Celtic basketball great Bob Cousy ’50 was honored with a statue outside of the Hart Center. The statue dedication was widely covered by outlets including NECN/Channel 3, WBZ-TV, the Telegram & Gazette, NCAA.com and USA Today.
• Cousy and three other basketball greats—George Kaftan ’49, Togo Palazzi ’54, and Tom Heinsohn ’56—were honored in November at a jersey-raising ceremony during the Crusader’s home opening weekend. The Boston Globe and the Telegram & Gazette were on hand for the event.
• Elizabeth Morse ’09 received the 2008 American Cancer Society Alvan T. and Viola Fuller Fellowship. She was one of eight undergraduates selected to study under Nobel Prize-winning scientist Craig Mello. Shelton Weekly, The Connecticut Post, and Pulse Magazine are among the several outlets that reported her accomplishments.
• Worcester Living photographed the Black Student Union’s (BSU) 40th anniversary at the College. Among those in attendance of the weekend-long celebration was U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ’71.
• In August, The History Channel aired an hour-long episode of Modern Marvels: Iron, thanks to a couple of creative minds at the College. Rick Herrick, professor of chemistry, was on board as a special consultant, providing his expertise and experience, and Jude Kelley, assistant professor of chemistry at the College, was also a consultant, performed experiments and is interviewed throughout the show.
• In September, The History Channel aired an hour-long documentary on flight, featuring interviews and demonstrations with Leon Claessens, assistant professor of biology at Holy Cross.  The program is part of a new History Channel series titled Evolve.
• Thomas Martin, professor and chair of the classics department, appeared in History International’s new 13-part series Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire. The first two episodes were broadcast on History International (part of A&E Television Networks, which also includes The History Channel, and A&E). Martin also served as a historical consultant for the series.
• Seniors Alicia Cianciola and Jenny Ugolino spent six weeks living in the woods to complete a study of plants and wildlife in Cascades West, a section of Worcester owned by the Greater Worcester Land Trust. Worcester Magazine featured their work in a cover story.
• Holy Cross seniors Benjamin Zilnicki and Kateleigh Hewins were interviewed for an Associated Press story about their experiences studying abroad in China. The article ran in dozens of outlets including the Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Forbes online.
• Victor Matheson, associate professor of economics and widely sought after expert in sports economics, was quoted in numerous media outlets including the Denver Post, Growing Wealth Magazine, FOX Business, The Seattle Times, and Bloomberg News. He has performed numerous on-camera interviews for NECN/Channel 3 about the suffering economy and wrote an op-ed for The Boston Globe where he discussed the long-term economic impact that the 2008 Beijing Olympics will have on China.
• Holy Cross hosted the first major exhibition of contemporary Vietnamese women artists in the U.S. Reviews of the exhibit, Changing Identity: Recent Works by Women Artists from Vietnam appeared in Worcester Magazine, The Boston Globe, and the Telegram and Gazette.
• During the Pope’s visit to the U.S. in April, Mathew N. Schmalz, associate professor of religious studies and director of the College Honors Program, was quoted three times in The Boston Globe (including a front page article); twice in the New York Daily News, in the Baltimore Sun, the Washington Post, in a Reuters article and on the front page of The New York Times.  He also appeared on WCVB’s Chronicle and WGBH’s “Greater Boston.”
• College affordability has been a hot topic: WBZ-TV, ABC News, NECN/Channel 3 and the Telegram and Gazette talked to Lynne Myers, director of financial aid, about how the faltering economy is affecting financial aid.
• Holy Cross faculty and students had a lot to say during the election rush of fall semester. Features and spotlights included Pulse Magazine, the Telegram and Gazette, and NECN/Channel 3.
• Holy Cross’ new ‘living-learning-doing’ program for first-year students, was featured in The Boston Globe, WBUR (Boston’s NPR affiliate) and was mentioned in Time Magazine.
• Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J., president of the College, wrote an op-ed for The Boston Globe about the impact standardized testing has on the college admissions process and Holy Cross’ decision to eliminate SAT/ACT requirements.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross senior quarterback Dominic Randolph  (Amelia, Ohio) has been named the winner of the 70th annual George “Bulger” Lowe Award, as the Division I Player of the Year in New England. Randolph, who becomes the 11th recipient of the award in school history, will be honored at the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston’s annual Bob Whelan College Football Awards Night on Jan. 15 at the Marriott Hotel in Burlington, Mass.

Randolph was previously named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season, after completing 340 of 520 passes this year for 3,838 yards and 34 touchdowns. He set Holy Cross single-season records for passing yards, total offense (3,917 yards), completions and passing attempts, while tying the single-season mark for touchdown passes. Randolph led the Patriot League in total offense, passing yards and pass efficiency (142.4 rating), in addition to leading the nation in total offense, passing yards and completions. Over the course of his career as a Crusader, he has completed 821 of 1,301 passes for 9,679 yards and 83 touchdowns. Randolph owns the Holy Cross career records for total offense (9,984 yards), touchdown passes, completions and attempts, while standing second in passing yards.

Previous winners of the George “Bulger” Lowe Award from Holy Cross include George Connor (1943), Stan Koslowski (1945), Bobby Sullivan (1947), Charles Maloy (1952), Pat McCarthy (1961), Gordie Lockbaum (1986 and 1987), Rob McGovern (1988), Dave Murphy (1989) and Tom Ciaccio (1991).

Holy Cross concluded the 2008 season with an overall record of 7-4, and placed second in the Patriot League with a 5-1 mark in conference games.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross community is getting into the Christmas spirit of giving with generous donations of time and other resources to many charities and other causes both here in Worcester and across the globe.

Among these efforts:

• For the third year running, the Class of 2010 Class Council participated in Operation Christmas Child through Samaritan’s Purse, by gathering and shipping gift-filled shoeboxes to needy children across the world. Students, faculty and staff helped to send out 56 shoeboxes filled with stationary, shoes, toys, toiletries, sweets and games, among other items.
• The College Republicans collected supplies (magazines, beef jerky, non-perishables) and monetary donations, then assembled care packages to send to troops stationed in Iraq.
• Alpha Sigma Nu (the Jesuit Honor Society) has set up drop-boxes around campus to collect toys. These toys will be donated to churches in Worcester for distribution to children at Christmas.
• The Purple Key Society (PKS) organizes a giving tree every year to collect Christmas gifts for the children at the Nativity School in Worcester. This year PKS decided to give the boys Legos, and all 60 of the ornaments were taken by Holy Cross Students in just two days.

  “Because of overwhelming response to the Nativity School gifts last year, we are also working with the YWCA of Worcester this year…and we were able to get over 40 presents for people of all ages,” said Meaghan Cassidy ’09 an executive board member of the Purple Key Society.

• Toys for Tots donations were collected at the annual Holy Cross Dining Holiday Luncheon on Dec. 11.
• Year-round, Dining Services donates surplus food to the Central Mass. Shelter for Homeless Veterans, in Worcester. Students involved with Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD), a community service organization on campus, bring the food to the shelters.
• Sponsored by Human Resources, the Candy Cane tree allows participants in early December to select candy canes from a Christmas tree and buy a gift for a patient at St. Mary’s Health Care Center, The Dalton Nursing Home on Cambridge Street, or for a needy child in the Main South neighborhood of Worcester.
• Organized by Human Resources, the Thanksgiving food drive benefits members of the Holy Cross community on medical or family leave. This year, faculty and staff were able to send fruit baskets, food baskets, or floral arrangements to nine families.
• Human Resources also organizes monthly visits to Campion Residence & Renewal Center in Weston, Mass. to visit all of the New England Jesuits, and they end the year with a Christmas Party.
• Throughout the year, ITS has given computers, printers and networking equipment to St. Mary’s School in Worcester, the Beverly School in Kenya, and the Boston Linden Pilot School.
• Money raised at the annual AIDS Compassion & Awareness Charity Banquet in December, sponsored by the Bishop Healy Multicultural Society, will go to AIDS Project Worcester and the Pendulum Project, a non-profit humanitarian organization that helps families and communities care for, support, and protect orphans and vulnerable children in parts of the world that are severely impacted by AIDS. They raised $3,300 and donations are still being made.

  “The Bishop Healy Multicultural Society aspires to evoke a heartfelt need in each member of the campus community to take deliberate action to ameliorate the manifestations of HIV/AIDS, globally as well as locally,” explains Ani Nalbandian ’09, co-chair of the society. “Though our goal is to raise as much money as possible in support of APW and The Pendulum Project, we are just as intently focused on awakening campus-wide solidarity, and thankfully, each year we progress more towards the realization of this dream.”

• Since 1987, the physical plant/building services department has donated used furniture from office and residence hall upgrades, and conducts a winter clothing drive among staff, faculty and students to benefit the following Worcester organizations: PIP Shelter in Worcester; Abby’s House, Lutheran Social Services of Worcester, AIDS Project Worcester and Family Health Center of Worcester.

  “Without the continuing support from the Holy Cross Community and those in Building Services, we would not be able to help supply the basic essentials to those that are most in need,” said Jack McCann, assistant director of physical plant/building services.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Campus Activities Board (CAB) at the College of the Holy Cross has been honored with two awards from the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA). The honors include Best Student Designed Web Site, created by publicity co-chairs Elizabeth Norberg ’09 and Viennie Chanthachack ’11; and Jimmy Doan ’09 won a Student Leader Award.

Each fall, CAB attends a regional conference for the NACA, which is designed to allow campus programmers to see new artists, meet agents, learn about programming, and share ideas. As part of the process for sharing ideas, schools submit articles of clothing, posters, and Web sites to be judged, and clubs and students are recognized for their successes in campus programs.

“All you could hear from our little corner of the convention center lobby was just an incredible outburst of excitement and joy. It was honestly a complete shock,” said Chanthachack, who has been a member of CAB for two years. A psychology major from Leominster, Mass., Chanthachack also serves as the Student Government Association secretary for the class of 2011, a SPUD volunteer, a fall and extended orientation leader, and a student graphic artist for the Office of Student Programs and Involvement.

Chanthachack worked with Norberg, a religious studies and English double major, to design the award-winning Web site. This is her second year as a CAB co-chair, and Norberg said that CAB “wanted to revamp [the Web site] and make it more accessible to the Holy Cross Community. Events are publicized individually…and Viennie and I wanted to reflect our cooperative efforts with a cohesive website.” The accessible Web site provides students with updated events and activities hosted, sponsored, or offered by CAB. After graduating from her roles as co-chair and Williams Hall resident assistant, Norberg hopes to do some volunteer work in the Boston-area through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, a program dedicated to living and working for social justice.

Doan serves as the president of CAB. “I love what I do and I really enjoy working with the people that make CAB what it is,” explains Doan. He said it was a complete surprise when they announced his name for a Student Leader Award, which only three other students received.

In addition to his work with CAB, Doan exercises his student leadership in other activities, both on and off campus. He serves as the resident assistant on Wheeler’s fourth floor and holds an internship in Greek Life at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Next year, he plans on attending graduate school for a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs.

“It’s a great honor to be recognized, but I don’t see myself doing anything out of the ordinary,” said Doan. He’s just doing what he loves, and in the process helping steer CAB to regional recognition.

CAB is the major student programming organization at Holy Cross. Run by students, the group promotes the cultural, recreational and social aspects of college life. CAB plans programs and provides activities for the entire campus, including performing arts, special events, outings, and weekly entertainment in the Crossroads area in the Hogan Campus Center.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross freshman guard R.J. Evans  (Salem, Conn.) has been named the Patriot League Anaconda Rookie of the Week, for competition from Dec. 1-7. He averaged 14.0 points and 3.7 rebounds per game last week, as the Holy Cross men’s basketball team defeated Western Michigan (69-63), while falling to Yale (76-66) and Fairfield (78-66). This marks the second time this season Evans has been named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week, after previously winning the award on Nov. 17.

During the Western Michigan game, Evans scored a career-high 17 points, in addition to posting six rebounds and two steals. He scored five of his points against the Broncos in the final three minutes of play, to help the Crusaders pull away for the victory. Evans also totaled 12 points, three rebounds and three assists at Yale, while recording 13 points and three steals against Fairfield.

Overall this season, Evans leads the team in scoring with an average of 10.7 points per game. He has scored in double-figures six times in nine games played this year.